First international conference in
numerical and experimental aerodynamics of,
road vehicles and trains (Aerovehicles 1),
Bordeaux, France, June 23-25, 2014
Aerovehicles 1-xxxx
Paper Template for First International Conference in numerical
and experimental aerodynamics of road vehicles and trains,
Bordeaux, France, June 2014
A. Reynolds*, B. Reynolds* and C. Reynolds*,**
Corresponding author: c.reynolds@paddyspub.xyz
* Paddy’s Pub, USA
** Sunny Real Estate, USA.
Abstract: The body of your very short abstract belongs here.
Keywords: Aerodynamics, road vehicles, trains, numerical simulation, experiments, flow control.
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Problem Statement
In this section you should do the problem statement. This conference is meant as a place where
engineers and researchers can exchange their ideas in ground vehicle aerodynamics. It is meant as a
forum for engineers and scientists from industry (manufacturers and operators of road vehicles and
trains) and universities for presentations and discussions of the relevant advances in vehicle
aerodynamics techniques. The conference is organized by Institute of Mathematics at University of
Bordeaux and Vehicle Aerodynamic Laboratory at Chalmers and will take place from 23 to 25 June in
the historical city of Bordeaux, classified as the world heritage town of UNESCO. The best papers
will be selected for review and possible inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Wind
Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. This document allows you to easily include references [1,
2], equations, figures (see Figure 1) or anything else you desire into a clean and compact environment
of LATEX. For example if you’d like write the unsteady heat equation as
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where x,y,z are the space dimensions and  is a parameter. The scope of Aerovehicles1 [?] is devoted
to all innovative aspects of ground vehicle aerodynamics, basic and applied. Subjects of interest
include but are not limited to:
• Time-dependent simulations of vehicle flows (DNS, LES, URANS and related techniques).
• Novel experimental techniques applied in vehicle aerodynamics.
• Flow control applied to road vehicles and trains.
• Aerodynamic shape optimization of vehicles.
• Predictions of rapid changes in vehicle flow including wind-gust effects, overtaking, passage of
other vehicles vehicle or infrastructure etc.
• Numerical and experimental explorations of new techniques for drag reduction such as platooning
(traveling in convoys).
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Figure 1: This is the figure.
2 Results and discussion
The reduction of vehicle drag is a key motor for improvement of numerical and experimental tools.
However, there are many other aerodynamic aspects such as crosswind stability, unsteadiness from
passages of tunnels, platforms or other vehicles, ballast projection for high-speed trains, aero
acoustics and soiling which require new improved approaches in flow predictions. Advancement in
both experimental and numerical techniques has occurred in recent years [3]. More advanced facilities
and experimental techniques have been developed on the experimental side. Introduction of timedependent simulations is the most important improvement in the numerical vehicle aerodynamics.
Furthermore, both approaches are today used in development of techniques for improvement of
vehicle properties by flow control or aerodynamic shape optimization.
References
[1] J. Doe, Important book title: A complete work. ACME. 2012.
[2] C. F. D. Expert, CFD and experiments for dummies, ASME Paper, 2010-000, 2010.
[3] J. J. Doe and B. Schmit. Novel approach to innovation and synergy. J. Sci. Tech., 54:6-16, 2012.
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